The Capitol Annex buildings were built in 1958 to house the legislative offices of the House of Representatives (West Annex) and the Senate (East Annex). Designed under the international style by the Puerto Rican architecture firm Toro y Ferrer, the Annexes result in two volumes non-invasive to the presence and character of the main building of the Capitol, with its neoclassical style. Since its occupation to this date, and as a result of changes in the composition of the legislature and in the needs of its members, the building has been object of multiple interventions to its inner distribution.
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The commission involves the intervention of the south wing, second floor, of the East Annex (Senate), of approximately 4,440 sqft, where six offices of the Legislative Minority of the Puerto Rico Senate are currently distributed. In this project, we propose to redistribute the total space into only four modern, comfortable offices with the aim of enlarging the facilities of each Minority Senator's office. The intervention of the interiors will involve the selective demolition of the drywall partitions distribution, electrical systems, and mechanical systems, as well as furniture and finishes. We also included as part of the proposal the restoration of the hall of hearings Miguel Angel García Méndez, of approximately 1,461 sqft.
We proposed through this project a new distribution of walls and partitions, a new electrical and air conditioning system, and room finishes, etc. We took especial care in allowing interior transparency between spaces with the objective of creating a greater sense of amplitude and better lighting. The standardization between spaces will be protagonist in the design, with the intention of vanishing differences between the users.
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